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9/30/2011: International: Israeli occupation reported to cost Palestinian economy £4.4bn a year
Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza deprives the Palestinian economy of almost £4.4bn a year, equivalent to about 85% of the nominal gross domestic product of Palestine, according to a report published in Ramallah…
9/30/2011: International: Saudi king halts female driver’s lashing
Sam Jones and agencies A Saudi woman sentenced to be lashed 10 times for defying the country’s ban on female drivers has had her punishment overturned by the king. The woman, named as Shaima Jastaina and believed to be in her 30s, was…
9/30/2011: International: Kenya’s deputy prime minister denies planning ethnic attacks
Kenya’s deputy prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, took the witness stand at the international criminal court yesterday to deny planning ethnic attacks during the 2007-2008 election violence, in a case that will help define the country’s…
9/30/2011: International: Kenya’s deputy prime minister denies planning ethnic attacks
Kenya’s deputy prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, took the witness stand at the international criminal court yesterday to deny planning ethnic attacks during the 2007-2008 election violence, in a case that will help define the country’s…
Secret Service Director Refuses To Resign, Citing ‘Continuity Of Operations’ That Enabled Trump…
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intention to resign, citing the need for a “continuity of operations,” that allowed former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin to slip through the cracks. “Continuity of operations is…
Biden Couldn’t Even Make It 48 Hours Without Using Extreme Rhetoric Against Trump
President Joe Biden couldn’t even last 48 hours without using extreme rhetoric against former President Donald Trump, after having called on Sunday night for the nation to “lower the temperature in our politics” after Trump survived an…
Secret Service Director: We Didn’t Put Snipers On The Roof Because It Was Kind Of Sloped
The Secret Service director said the security agency did not station snipers on top of the Pennsylvania roof from which a gunman shot former President Donald Trump last weekend because it was “sloped.” Kimberly Cheatle, the Secret Service…
Left-Wing ‘Civil Rights’ Groups Suggest It’s Racist To Keep Foreigners From Registering To Vote
Self-proclaimed “civil rights” groups signed a letter suggesting a bill that keeps foreign nationals from registering to vote in U.S. elections is a racist attempt “to elicit irrational fear of the growing number of citizens of color.” The…
9/30/2011: International: Hijack fugitive used own name while hobnobbing with US envoy
An American fugitive who hijacked a plane in the 1970s lived openly in Guinea-Bissau during the 1980s under his real name, a retired US ambassador to the African nation claims. The former ambassador, John Blacken, said the embassy knew…
9/30/2011: International: Turkey to go it alone with sanctions against Syria
Turkey is pressing ahead with plans to impose its own sanctions on Syria, despite European powers backing down from using the UN to punish the regime for its crackdown on the protest movement. The Turkish measures are likely to be…